Tropico 5 cover
SeriesTropico

Tropico 5

Critic score14 critics
First release
May 23, 2014
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy · Sandbox, Historical, Comedy

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico in the next installment of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular 'dictator sim' series. Expand your Dynasty's reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing an all-new set of challenges, including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, exploration and for the first time in Tropico history – cooperative and competitive multiplayer for up to 4 players.

Also known as Tropico5Steam.exe

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Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 23, 2014
Linux
May 23, 2014
Mac
Sep 19, 2014
All 12 release dates
Xbox 360
Nov 07, 2014
Xbox 360
Nov 11, 2014
PlayStation 4
Apr 23, 2015
Xbox 360
Apr 23, 2015
PlayStation 4
Apr 24, 2015
PlayStation 4
Apr 28, 2015
PlayStation 4
May 15, 2015
Xbox One
May 27, 2015
Xbox One
May 24, 2016
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
25h
Main + Extras
30h
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
modern warfare, pirates, cold war, world war ii - ww2, world war i - ww1
… All 68, exploration, character customization, murder, tycoon, construction, death, military, dolphin, goat, management, religion, war, diplomacy, steam, espionage, achievements, tropical, steam trading cards, capitalism, economy, natural disaster, cross-platform multiplayer, llama, steam achievements, digital distribution, xbox controller support for pc, steam cloud, pig, rivaling factions, modern military, customizable characters, corrupt government, cow, color customization, mouse, pop culture reference, priest, descendants of other characters, playstation plus, resource gathering, royalty, resistance, internet culture reference, movie reference, christianity, terrorists, banned, law, in-game radio, presidential candidate, commerce, atheism, communism, mission editor, rebels, central intelligence agency, bribery, smuggling, scientist, presidential protagonist, nuclear bomb, lgbtq+, political

At a Glance

Critic Score
72
Main Story (IGDB)
25h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
30h

Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Mostly Positive, 9,805 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Online co-opIGDB · 1 Nov

Feature data: IGDB

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